Bottle-stopper



I (No Model.)

C. L. MOREHOUSE.

BOTTLE STOPPBR.

No. 810,304. Patepted Jan. 6,1885.

fiyz. S a if WITNESSES: S mvmwom ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES L. MOREHOUSE, OF BROOKLYN, NEV YORK.

BOTTLE-STD PPE R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 310,304, dated January 6, 1885.

Application filed June 14, 1884. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES L. MORE- HOUSE, of Brooklyn, Kings county, New York, have invented a new and Improved Bottle-Stopper, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved bottle-stopper which is simple in construction and closes the bottle very tightly, and is strong and durable.

The invention consists in parts and details and combinations of the same, as will be fully set forth hereinafter and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both figures.

Figure l is a side view of a bottle provided with my improved bottle-stopper. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same.

An open or split spring-ring,A, orany other suitable ring, collar, band, or like device, is held on the neck of a bottle, B, directly below the head (3, and on the said ring or collar A the ends of two opposite arms, D, are pivoted, which project from an internally screwthreaded ring, E, in which a screw plug or cap, F, is

screwed ,which contains a rubber plug, G, held inllllfic ilpmin some. ,Si fllltable manner, and provided at or near its bottom""edge with an annular projection or shoulder, H. At the lower edge of the ring E the threads are out out to form an annular recess and shoulder or offset, J, on the inner surface of the ring E. The cap F is provided with a milled head, K, or with any other suitable head or top. The

rubber plug can be arranged on the lower end of the plug or cap F, and can be arranged to turn on a central pin of the plug or cap F.

The stopper operates as follows: The ring E is swung over the head 0, and the cap or plug '1? is screwed down until the bottom or lower end surface of the rubber plug G is pressed firmly on the top edge of the head 0, thus closing the same air-tight. If the bottle is to be opened, the plug or cap F is unscrewed until the bottom edge of the plug G can clear the upper edge of the head 0, and then the stopper is swung down, as shown in Fig. 1. When the cap F is unscrewed as far as possible, the annular projection or shoulder H of the plug G rests against the shoulderJ of the ring E and prevents removing the cap F or stopper entirely from the ring E, thereby preventing the loss of the cap F or stopper.

The stoppers maybemadein different sizes, and the shape of the rubber plug Gr may be varied according to the shape of the neck or head of the bottle.

The stopper does not occupy much space, and is not apt to become loosened, as the en tire side surface of the stopper is threaded and in contact with the threaded surface of the ring E.

The abovedescribed stopper can be used for fruitjars, cans, or other vessels.

The ring E may be screw-threaded externally and the cap sorew-threaded internally; but I prefer to provide the ring E with an in ,ternal screw-thread and the cap with an eX- ternal screw-thread.

Having thus described my in vention,l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- In a bottle-stopper, the combination, with the internally screw-threaded ring E, having arms D, and an offset, J, of the screw-plug F and elastic plug G, held in the ring E, and provided with a projection, offset, or shoulder, H, substantially as herein shown and described.

OHARLES L. MOREHOUSE. Witn esses:

OSCAR F. GUNZ, C. SEnewIoK. 

